compressed
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Observations show that the galaxy's rotating gas disk appears shortened and compressed along its leading edge.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
“His transfer came a few months earlier, not a few days earlier. The contours of the relationships between Stagg and Krick and the others are accurate, but they took place in a more compressed timeline.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
That valuation represents a premium to software peers at a time when multiples have compressed.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Like squeezing a sponge, the descending motion dries the air out and when you add in the fact the air is compressed, this also adds to the air heating up.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
So they kept swinging the spade and striking, but the sun- blistered ground had hardened like a rock, the dirt unyielding, compressed, almost petrified.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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